Item 6. EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number						Description of Document
10.1						Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Ventas Realty, Limited Partnership
10.2*						Separation Agreement, dated May 12, 2026, between Ventas, Inc. and Peter J. Bulgarelli., Executive Vice President, Outpatient Medical & Research, Ventas, Inc. and President and CEO, Lillibridge Healthcare Services, Inc.
22						List of Guarantors and Issuers of Guaranteed Securities.
31.1						Certification of Debra A. Cafaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
31.2						Certification of Robert F. Probst, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
32.1+						Certification of Debra A. Cafaro, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. § 1350.
32.2+						Certification of Robert F. Probst, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. § 1350.
101						The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026, formatted in XBRL (Inline Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Equity, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (vi) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).

Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

+ This exhibit will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such exhibit shall not be deemed incorporated into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 30, 2026


			VENTAS, INC.

			By:			/s/ DEBRA A. CAFARO
						Debra A. Cafaro
						Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

			By:			/s/ ROBERT F. PROBST
						Robert F. Probst
						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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